Lyrics for Tear Off Your Own Head (Doll Revolution) as interpreted by shameless

Tear Off Your Own Head (Doll Revolution) Lyrics
Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears?
Who knows or cares what an imitation is?
Only you do
You can paint his nails
Make him wear high heels
Why waste time altering the hemline
Or do you?
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution

You can bat your lashes
You can cut your strings
You can pull out his hair with your moveable fingers
It looks so real
But one won’t do it
So collect the set
Dress him up in pink ribbons
Put him in a kitchenette
How does this feel?

Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution

What’s that sound?
It’ll turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They’re taking over
And they’re tearing it down
It's a doll revolution

You can pull and pinch him
Till he cries and squeals
You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards
Plastic features
You could make somebody a pretty little wife
But don’t let anybody tell you how to live your life
Broken pieces

Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution

What’s that sound?
It’ll turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They’re taking over
And they’re tearing it down
It's a doll revolution

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03-29-2003

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Ha, this song is funny. I love Elvis Costello. And this song is wonderful. To me he's referring to a guy being so whipped by a girl. She can control his every move because he'll do anything for her. Like a string puppet. A doll. I dunno.

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NAwlinsContrarian
09-26-2009

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Title Track, I basically agree. The song seems to be about a person, probably a woman, treating a/the man in her life / a significant other like a doll, thinking she can manipulate him however she wants. But he rebels: "Tear off your own head!" I think there's an equal-opportunity aspect here ("You could make somebody a pretty little wife / But don't let anybody tell you how to live your life").

This song was used effectively, I think for its meaning, in the interesting Rachel Weisz movie The Shape of Things.


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